2016新版中石油职称英语水平考试《通用英语选读》培训笔记
Never again did he ridicule anyone. (两句由Never引导的倒装句。) And from that time on,he almost never criticized anybody for anything.
6.在林肯的一生中，这是件最可怕的个人事件(the most lurid personal incident)。在做人的艺术方面，林肯学到了无价的一课。他再没有写过侮辱人的信，也没有取笑过任何人。从那时起（from that time on），他几乎没有因任何事而批评任何人。
7.Time after time,during the Civil War,Lincoln put a new general at the head of the Army
of
the
Potomac,and
each one in turn-McClellan,Pope,Burnside,Hooker,Meade-blundered tragically and drove Lincoln to pacing the floorin despair. Half the nationsavagely condemned these incompetent generals,but Lincoln,\malice toward none,with charity for all,\his favorite quotations was \others spoke harshly of the southern people,Lincoln replied: \just what we would be under similar circumstances.\by bitter experience that sharp criticisms and rebukes almost invariablyend in futility.
7.美国内战的时候，林肯屡次(time after time)委派新将领（依次有柯克林、波伯、伯恩赛德、胡克、米德），统帅“波多马克”军队，可是他们都相继惨败而归（blundered tragically），使林肯绝望地（in despair）在地板上踱步。有一半的国人都在痛骂(savagely condesmned)这些差劲的将领，可是林肯因为“不怨恨任何人，对所有人宽容（”with malice toward none, with charity for all），一声也不吭(保持平静)。他最喜欢引用的一句格言(quotation)是，“不要批评别人，别人(ye)才不会评议你”。当林肯太太和其他人非议(spoke harshly of)南方人士时，林肯总是这样回答：”不要批评他们，我们在相同的情形下，也会像他们一样。”他已经从他的痛苦经验中明白，尖锐的批评、指责(sharp criticisms and rebukes)从来都是(almost invariably)无果而终(end in futility)。
8.Theodore Roosevelt said that when he,as President,was confronted with a perplexing problem,he used to lean back and look up at a large painting of Lincoln which hung above his desk in the White House and ask himself,\ werein my shoes? (虚拟语气) How would he solve this problem? \虚拟语气) The next time we are tempted toadmonish somebody,let's pull a five-dollar bill out of our pocket,look at Lincoln's picture -45-
2016新版中石油职称英语水平考试《通用英语选读》培训笔记
on the bill,-and ask,\had it? \虚拟语气)
8.西奥多·罗斯福说过，他任总统时，每逢遇到棘手的问题，他常会往后一靠，抬头望望他白宫办公桌墙上那张林肯的巨幅画像，并自问：“如果林肯处在我目前的情形(in my shoes, shoe 偏意[pl.]所处的地位; 境遇)，他会怎么办？他将怎样解决这个问题？”下次我们如果忍不住(be tempted to do sth)要训诫某人时，不妨从口袋拿出一张五元的钞票，看看钞票上林肯的像问自己：“如果林肯遇到这种事，他会如何解决这个问题呢？”
9.Do you know someone you would like to change and regulate and improve? Good! That is fine. I am allin favor ofit. But why not begin on yourself? From a purely selfish standpoint,that is a lot more profitable thantrying to improve others-yes, and a lot less dangerous. \complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof,\Confucius(孔夫子),\
9.你愿意你认识的人有所改变、调整(regulate)和改进吗？如果是，那很好。我完全赞同(I am all in favor of it)。但为何不从你自己开始呢？站到纯自私的立场上，这要比改进别人获益更多--没错，而且风险更小。孔夫子说过：“如果你的门阶不干净，就不要对你邻居家屋顶上的雪大发牢骚。”（“不能正其身，如正人何？”）
10.When dealing with people,let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion,creatures bristling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity. If you and I want to stir up a resentment tomorrow that may rankle across the decades and endure until death, just let usindulge in a little stinging criticism-no matter how certain we are that it is justified.
10.当我们与人相处时，应该记住，我们所接触的不是逻辑生物(creatures of logic)，而是情感生物(creatures of emotion)，会因为偏见(with prejudices)而怒发冲冠(bristle)，也会被骄傲与虚荣心所激励。如果你我明天要造成(stir up 引起; 激起)一种历经数十年，直至死亡才会消失的反感，只要轻轻吐出一句恶毒的评语(a little stinging criticism)就得了--不论你多么肯定自己那样做事理所当然的。
11.Any fool can criticize,condemn and complain-and most fools do. But it takes character and self-controlto be understanding and forgiving. -46-
2016新版中石油职称英语水平考试《通用英语选读》培训笔记
11.任何一个愚蠢的人，都会批评人、斥责人、抱怨人，绝大多数蠢人都是这样。若要做到了解和宽恕别人，那就需在性格、自制力(self-control)上下功夫。
12.\And Dr. Johnson said: \days.\12.卡莱尔曾经说：”看一个伟人的伟大之处，就是看他如何对待卑微之人(little men)。”约翰逊博士也说过：“上帝在一个人的末日之前是不会给他下结论的。“那么你我又为什么要批评人呢？
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